Coaches and athletic administrators have the responsibility to understand mental health issues. They need to be trained because the issues are not going away. Many coaches still perpetuate the stigma of an athlete with mental health issues is inferior to one without. This is actually against federal law. A coach can't just get rid of an athlete because they would rather not be bothered with dealing with supporting them.
“We listen [to] the athletic trainers,” Nguyen said. There’s a red flag right there. Athletic trainers work for the school, and in many cases are hired to keep athletes competing regardless of the negative impacts on athletes. Football at all levels is notorious for this BS.
Athletes: if you think you’ve got a bad injury forming, try to get out and get seen by an independent doctor if possible. It may save your season/career in college.
Coaches and athletic administrators have the responsibility to understand mental health issues. They need to be trained because the issues are not going away. Many coaches still perpetuate the stigma of an athlete with mental health issues is inferior to one without. This is actually against federal law. A coach can't just get rid of an athlete because they would rather not be bothered with dealing with supporting them.
But what's the limit to this? If, despite interventions and accommodations from multiple resources, the kid misses practice all the time, if they can't compete, if they drain all of the energy from team environment, should they be given an unlimited level of latitude? Not saying any of this is their fault and acknowledging its an unfortunate situation. But at some point if the kid wasn't able to do their academic work or show up to class, the school would likely suggest a medical leave. Shouldn't that apply to athletics, too?
What I'm saying is that we need to admit that sometimes mental health issues mean you have to step back from some things. You can't get a job after college, reveal that you have MH issues, then never show up to work and expect to keep your job.
these elite D3 schools have very low acceptance rates
there are thousands of kids who meet the median/average grade points and test scores who apply
the coaching staffs select athletes - WHO OTHERWISE MEET THE ACADEMIC STANDARDS - for preferential consideration for admittance
you get a pre read of your application and a yes or no from the admitting office very early in the process - before the regular acceptance notifications go out
many of these athletes who get admitted would not have been admitted otherwise - not because they were not qualified but rather without the varsity sport ticket nothing would have set them apart from the thousands of other applicants with similar grades, test scores, volunteer hours etc.
with regards to these academic elite D3 schools - having the coaching staff go to bat for an athlete to get them admitted is akin to a scholarship and comes along with expectations that should be similar to a D1-D2 athlete
This is actually false. Recruited athletes get a major bonus on academic considerations at most D3 schools, like D1 schools. That can be worth an extra 150 points on the SAT, or more.
This does not happen at WashU, CMU, or UC. Cannot speak to the other UAA schools. But at those three, admissions truly and 100% does not care.
So after what, 3-4 years of this, do we know whether the team is better or not? Don't follow UAA at all. I see they have 2 men's relays and 2 individual distance runners at NCAA. Is that better or worse than the past? How are they doing at their championships?
Surely all this was put in place to improve the performance of the team(s). Has it? I would want to know before I judged anyone.
Team is better, but not as good as it was when it was at its peak under Curtin. UAA is pretty clearly WashU/CMU, then UC/Emory, and then a glorified high school division for the other three.
The left is so twisted on this issue. Semi-automatic weapons have been around for many decades. Why weren’t there more school shootings in the 50s and 60? Guns are not the problem, the media and mental health issues are the problems.